KikuTenguwrote:
Of course I didn't mean everybody of either gender. xD But there are many insecure individuals, and well, I'm sure you know what I'm gonna say. ;P But I like the use of the word validation, though. c:

Funny. For an "obsession," that's "borderline madness among tweens and teens," my 17-year-old sister managed to be awfully clueless about it until I informed her of this thread. Like me, she believes this to be an exaggeration. This isn't anything new, and neither is it suddenly enormously popular. It's nowhere near as wide-spread as the headline of this thread implies it to be, at the very least.

You people are just trying to hard to be contrarians. Just admit it and stop trying to be different for once in your life. Thigh gaps are factually more sexually appealing than a lack of aforementioned. There is no refuting fact. Your opinion is wrong

Sadly, it seems like one more reason to push young women into harmful eating disorders and commoditize their purpose in life. I suppose if you can keep it under control and not demonize food, it's just one more body trend and youth beatification.

Adults in my small hometown weren't too jazzed when I pierced my ears and walked around with a mohawk back in the day. So, perspective I guess.

This isnt new. Teenage girls have been extremely overcritical of their bodies for quite some time. Funny thing is that its never been about what guys like about them physically. Its always about what other females think about them. Too many females care way too much about how other females perceive them. It makes no sense to me.

Hmm, today the society dictates and sets standards but whatever it is if it boost their self-esteem so be it.